{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-8888","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 8888","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Food Security for All Veterans Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of Food Security, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of Food Security, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Food Security for All Veterans Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Food Security for All Veterans Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Food Security for All Veterans Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Food Security for All Veterans Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-09-19","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-29","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h469","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Food Security for All Veterans Act","result":"Passed","yea":376,"nay":49,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll469.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.","date":"2022-10-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-29","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Food Security for All Veterans Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes the Office of Food Security within the Department of Veterans Affairs to, among other duties, provide information to veterans concerning the eligibility requirements for federal nutrition assistance programs and develop policies to identify and treat veterans experiencing food insecurity."}],"words":48},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Establishes an Office of Food Security in the Department of Veterans Affairs, headed by a Director, with responsibilities concerning veterans' food insecurity and federal nutrition assistance programs, and requires an annual report on veteran food insecurity.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8888/text/eh#H00CF7CBEFC024B24822C13FDB5678370"}]},"core_areas":["Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Food Security","Veteran access to federal nutrition assistance programs","Annual reporting on veteran food insecurity"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, to establish an Office of Food Security in the Department of Veterans Affairs, headed by a Director in a career 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veterans enroll in federal nutrition assistance programs, and to issue guidance to Department medical centers on working with State and local offices that administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8888/text/eh#H00CF7CBEFC024B24822C13FDB5678370"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to submit an annual report on veteran food insecurity to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8888/text/eh#H00CF7CBEFC024B24822C13FDB5678370"}},{"text":"Provides that the budgetary effects of the Act, for purposes of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, are determined by reference to the latest statement titled \"Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation\" submitted by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee before the vote on passage.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8888/text/eh#HA14EB5C9A4514961833CB113041DEF6A"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-29","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8888/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8888","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8888/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-8888.png","v":"59961659a17a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8888, 117th Congress: Food Security for All Veterans Act. House: 376 Yea, 49 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 29 Sep 2022."}}